America’s involvement in World War II exposed the decline of the Imperial Japanese Army’s aggression and morale between 1941-1945. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the president of the United States in 1941 gave his Infamy Speech on December 8, 1941. The speech was his response to the American people regarding the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Just hours after his Infamy Speech, the United States declared war on Japan. This attack struck America in the heart and made Americans realize that we are not invincible. Allen Saalburg made the poster, “Remember Dec. 7th!” 1942. This poster was used to boost the morale of the American people, establish a sense of nationalism, and support the war effort. This poster came out shortly
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Initially, Japan made America feel defeat, and their attack on Pearl Harbor sealed the United States’ involvement in World War II. In Roosevelt’s Infamy Speech he says the Americans will come out with nothing but victory, but America still remained shocked because of the attack and sudden involvement in World War II. Allen Saalburg’s “Remember Dec. 7th!” poster was used to promote nationalism in the United States. This was published a couple months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Because this poster was published closely after the attack on Pearl Harbor, this poster acted as patriotic boost for the American citizens. It encouraged Americans to remember the terrible event and support the war effort. The millions of propaganda leaflets that were dropped all over Japan in 1945 showed how the Americans were ultimately successful in World War II. They are warning the Japanese people about their inevitable loss, as well as crushing their mentality of being invincible. These primary documents tie together because they represent America’s initial defeat and their wage on war, America’s nationalism and support, and America’s rise of morale towards the end of World War II. Like I said earlier, these documents represent a significant shift from America’s defeat to victory, opposite of the Empire of …show more content…
This also shows the shift of morale because America is telling the Japanese to care about their lives at stake rather than caring too much about being hopeful and honorable. These leaflets were used as warning to the Japanese civilians that there will be attacks on their homeland. These leaflets did not yet physically hurt the Japanese, but psychologically hurt them because they needed to accept the fact of defeat. The Japanese often carried around a sense of invincibility, but an attack on their homeland would be devastating to their morale. When the Japanese saw these leaflets, their hope diminished and their sense of nationalism rapidly
Initially, Japan made America feel defeat, and their attack on Pearl Harbor sealed the United States’ involvement in World War II. In Roosevelt’s Infamy Speech he says the Americans will come out with nothing but victory, but America still remained shocked because of the attack and sudden involvement in World War II. Allen Saalburg’s “Remember Dec. 7th!” poster was used to promote nationalism in the United States. This was published a couple months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Because this poster was published closely after the attack on Pearl Harbor, this poster acted as patriotic boost for the American citizens. It encouraged Americans to remember the terrible event and support the war effort. The millions of propaganda leaflets that were dropped all over Japan in 1945 showed how the Americans were ultimately successful in World War II. They are warning the Japanese people about their inevitable loss, as well as crushing their mentality of being invincible. These primary documents tie together because they represent America’s initial defeat and their wage on war, America’s nationalism and support, and America’s rise of morale towards the end of World War II. Like I said earlier, these documents represent a significant shift from America’s defeat to victory, opposite of the Empire of …show more content…
This also shows the shift of morale because America is telling the Japanese to care about their lives at stake rather than caring too much about being hopeful and honorable. These leaflets were used as warning to the Japanese civilians that there will be attacks on their homeland. These leaflets did not yet physically hurt the Japanese, but psychologically hurt them because they needed to accept the fact of defeat. The Japanese often carried around a sense of invincibility, but an attack on their homeland would be devastating to their morale. When the Japanese saw these leaflets, their hope diminished and their sense of nationalism rapidly